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Outdoor Digital Signage at the Races

Tic-tac, the traditional trackside bookmaker’s method of communicating betting odds across the course to other bookies has been used it the UK for decades. The system of using hand gestures ensure that bookmakers are offering similar prices around the track, to prevent customers—the punter—from taking advantage of lower prices. Communicating with customers has always been […]

Digital Signage in Distribution and Manufacturing

Digital signage is becoming more and more prevalent. It seems no matter where you go a digital display will be trying to sell or promote something to you. From the gas stations to the doctor’s surgery, shopping malls to even outside the local church, few people can doubt the ubiquity of this new medium. And […]

Protecting the Face of a Digital Signage Screen

Protecting outdoor digital signage from the weather is important, which is why outdoor LCD enclosures were devised, to ensure that standard LCD and plasma screens could operate outdoors in no matter what the weather. The most vulnerable aspect of an outdoor display, however, is the screen face, which is also the most crucial part being […]

How an Outdoor Screen can Boost your Business

Televisions have gone through dramatic changes over the last decade or so. Gone are the bulky CRTs (cathode ray tube), replaced by the modern flat screen LCD and plasma screens. Picture quality too has gone through changes too with High Definition (HD) now making images clearer. One result of this change in televisions is that […]

Reasons and Aspects for Physically Protecting Outdoor Digital Signage

Protection for outdoor digital signage often centers about weatherization and ensuring the screen is kept dry and in reasonable temperature ranges—highly important to ensure all-year round operation. While weather protection is important for outdoor screens, another aspect of protection that needs thinking about, however, is physical defense. While most outdoor screens offer some sort of […]

Libraries, Churches and Community Centres – Using an Outdoor Screen

While many outdoor screens are used for digital signage or providing information such as wayfinding, other uses for using an external display do exist and can help improve services offered by institutions. Schools, colleges, churches, community halls and public libraries all provide essential services but communicating with local services can often be a challenge, especially […]

Digital Signage in Manufacturing – Protection

Manufacturing is an important aspect to the economy. While manufacturing has declined over the last decades, especially in the UK and United States, governments have pinned hopes on manufacturing to help boost economies and return their nation’s balance books back into the black. Modern manufacturers face huge challenges, though. With stiff competition from the Far […]

ScreenMedia Expo 2011 – Big Thank You to all Who Stopped By

Following another successful ScreenMedia Expo at the Earls Court show last week, Armagard would like to extend our thanks to all those who stopped by and who took an interest in our products. For the second year running, Armagard attended the London ScreenMedia show, and with such interest, the exhibition was well worth the effort. […]

Is Your Digital Signage Ready for a Heatwave?

Reports in the national press suggest that the end of this month could see a heatwave across Britain, lasting for two weeks and making it the hottest May in several centuries. Of course, such weather predictions can often be inaccurate or just plain wrong, but if proved right, excessive temperatures could have an effect on […]

Reasons to Visit Armagard at Screenmedia Expo 2011

ScreenMedia, the digital place-based marketing, technology and emerging media show for Europe, runs on 18-19 May in Earls Court 2, London and Armagard will be attending for the second year running. With all the latest and Dooh, kiosk, and interactive media technologies being demonstrated at the two-day show, ScreenMedia 2011 is a must for anybody […]